During the recent Grammy Awards, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took aim at Bad Bunny following his critique of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. After clinching the Grammy for Best Música Urbana Album, Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martinez, stirred the audience by declaring, “Before I thank God, I’m going to say: ICE out.” The Puerto Rican artist, set to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, emphasized, “We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans.” Although President Trump has previously voiced disapproval over the NFL’s decision to feature Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl LX, sources revealed to the Daily Mail that he might rethink his choice to skip the event.

As anticipation builds over Trump possibly attending the Super Bowl to witness Bad Bunny’s live performance at Levi’s Stadium in California this Sunday, Leavitt sharply criticized the singer’s remarks. On Tuesday, she remarked, “It’s quite ironic and frankly disappointing to see celebrities who reside in gated communities, with private security, and immense wealth, attempting to vilify law enforcement officers who serve the U.S. government to uphold our laws.” Leavitt further pointed out the lack of a similar celebrity uproar during the previous administration, which she claims allowed breaches of national borders leading to the tragic deaths and assaults of innocent women like Jocelyn Nungaray and Laken Riley by individuals who, in her view, shouldn’t have been in the country.

Leavitt emphasized that the outrage was directed at “law enforcement simply trying to fulfill their duties in removing dangerous offenders.” Recent incidents in Minneapolis involving ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol have fueled public dissent and criticism of Trump’s mass deportation strategy. “There was no Hollywood or elite outcry at the Grammys during those times,” Leavitt stated, referring to the Biden administration. “But now there is, highlighting a regrettable irony within Hollywood.” In an interview with the New York Post, Trump expressed his belief that the NFL erred in selecting Bad Bunny, alongside Green Day, as the Super Bowl performers.

‘I’m anti-them. I think it’s a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible,’ the president said. Trump also said he wouldn’t be making a repeat trip to the Super Bowl this year due to it being played on the West Coast. ‘It’s just too far away,’ the 79-year-old president explained. Sunday’s game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will be played at the home of the San Francisco 49ers, in Santa Clara.

Turning Point USA, the conservative organization of the late Charlie Kirk, has half-time counter programming planned featuring MAGA mainstay Kid Rock and country singers Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett. On Grammy night, it wasn’t Bad Bunny who received the brunt of Trump’s criticism, but rather the show’s emcee, former Daily Show host Trevor Noah. Noah opened the show by making an Epstein Island joke about the president. ‘That is a Grammy that every artist wants almost as much as Trump wants Greenland,’ Noah said. ‘Which makes sense, I mean, because Epstein’s island is gone, he needs a new one to hang out on with Bill Clinton.’

The joke prompted a furious Truth Social post, with Trump calling Noah a ‘total loser’ and threatening to sue him. ‘The host, Trevor Noah, whoever he may be, is almost as bad as Jimmy Kimmel at the Low Ratings Academy Awards,’ Trump said. ‘Noah said, INCORRECTLY about me, that Donald Trump and Bill Clinton spent time on Epstein Island. WRONG!!!’ ‘I can’t speak for Bill, but I have never been to Epstein Island, nor anywhere close, and until tonight’s false and defamatory statement, have never been accused of being there, not even by the Fake News Media,’ the president added.